British defence chief General Sir Nicholas Carter says AUKUS security pact 'not designed to be exclusive'

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AUKUS not as exclusive as originally thought?

Asked whether countries like Japan feel excluded by the new partnership, General Carter suggested the nation could eventually join, along with remaining Five Eyes partners Canada and New Zealand.

British defence chief reveals new AUKUS security pact could expand to include other allies

Japan, Canada and New Zealand are flagged by General Sir Nicholas Carter as potential additions to the AUKUS security pact, with the Chief of the Defence Staff saying the partnership was "not designed to be in any way exclusive".

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[Fishbone Jones]

AUKUS not as exclusive as originally thought?

Due to the trudeau governments quiet submission to all things Red China, I doubt we'll be given any consideration. Not until we can prove to the other four eyes that we can positively deal with the ChiCom threat, we'll stay on the outside.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Due to the trudeau governments quiet submission to all things Red China, I doubt we'll be given any consideration. Not until we can prove to the other four eyes that we can positively deal with the ChiCom threat, we'll stay on the outside.

And yet, we're a global leader in the SMR part of the ship, along withe the US and UK (thanks mainly to Saskatchewan! Go Riders!):

Nuclear Enters 2021 With Buoyant Global Outlook for Small Modular Reactors​

SMRs get a boost with policy moves in the U.S., U.K. and Canada.

The nuclear industry is heading into 2021 with increased optimism around small modular reactors (SMRs) after a series of policy initiatives that were announced worldwide in recent weeks. The U.S., U.K. and Canada, three major nuclear markets, all signaled growing support for SMRs in the closing weeks of 2020.

Canada, for example, launched a 27-point SMR national action plan to demo and deploy the technology, update regulations, create employment and leverage foreign market opportunities.

The plan was developed in response to a 2018 SMR roadmap and followed a CAD $20 million (USD $16 million) investment in the Canadian molten salt reactor developer Terrestrial Energy in October.

“This is the government of Canada ensuring that we have every tool possible in our toolbox to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and address the existential crisis of climate change,” Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, said in a live-streamed launch event.

U.S., U.K. back small modular reactors​

Days before Canada’s national action plan announcement, the U.S. Department of Energy said it is awarding an initial $30 million in "risk reduction funding" for five SMR developers.

The cash is part of a $600 million matched-funding package being paid out over seven years from DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).

Nuclear Enters 2021 With Buoyant Global Outlook for Small Modular Reactors

SMRs get a boost with policy moves in the U.S., U.K. and Canada.

www.greentechmedia.com

 

[Fishbone Jones]

If I recall correctly, SMR's is a project headed by NB(?). Ontario and some other province(s) have joined the research and development. While I'm sure the feds have input or will try influence it, I don't recall that they are part of it. It's was a provincial initiative. I could be completely off base. I'm going by what I read and think I remember from some time ago. I welcome some clarification.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

The concept is hardly new. The USN has had a capability to generate nuclear power for on shore facilities for over 50 years. The USS Sturgis was used, starting in 1963, to power the locks in the Panama Canal. Today's carriers could power small cities.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-691-seminar-in-electric-power-systems-spring-2006/projects/ship_to_shore.pdf